Shopping malls can be creepy because they’re designed to feel alive; bright lights, music humming through hidden speakers, the echo of footsteps… but the moment they empty out, all that artificial cheer turns hollow. The escalators still move, the mannequins still stare, and the vast corridors stretch on under fluorescent glare, yet there’s no one there.

Every sound carries too far. Every reflection feels like someone just out of sight. It’s the unsettling contrast between a place built for crowds and the silence that replaces them that makes malls feel less like buildings… and more like abandoned stages waiting for something to return.